Current time from Hbase

[Sumit Nigam]

Hi,
How can I get the current time from Hbase? 
I can use Phoenix function current_time(). One way would be to query this 
column against any table as - SELECT CURRENT_TIME() AS TIME FROM TABL LIMIT 1; 
Or, I could possibly create a single row, single column table and query against 
that table for current time.
Is there a better way than how I am describing it above? 
Thanks,Sumit